Climate, clean air, reducing wood smoke. Photo from Bay Area Spare the Air.
Woiworung. Vic, Aus.
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We do not have this simple luxury of opening a window for fresh air. Why? Because we are unfortunate enough to live near wood heaters smoking out the neighbourhood. This is both health and mental health issue @LilyDAmbrosioMP @DELWP_Vic @EPA_Victoria
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@Steve_Dimo @MaryAnneThomas @JacintaAllanMP @DanielaDemLabor how many deaths & $billions in health, developmental, cognitive impacts/impairments (eg dementia) do Victorian’s have to bear while you ignore implementing even the paltry promises of the Victorian Air Quality Strategy?
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🚨📉 #CleanAirNews | Population-weighted total annual mean PM2.5 (and other #AirPollution data) has been released for 2023 i.e. average for everyone not best and/or worst:
England 6.97 ug.m3 vs 7.79 ug/m3 in 2022 i.e. down 10.5%
Wales 5.33 ug/m3 vs 6.74 ug/m3 in 2022 i.e. down 20.9%
Scotland 4.08 ug/m3 vs 4.57 ug/m3 in 2022 i.e. down 10.7%
North Ireland 4.36 ug/m3 vs 5.16 ug/m3 in 2022 i.e. down 15.5%
@WHO #AirQualityGuideline = 5 ug/m3 everywhere
uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/pcm… and uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/…
<< We’re winning but need to #BanWoodBurning, reduce #RedMeat eating and more to achieve @WHO #AirQualityGuidelines and everywhere! cc @DrMariaNeira
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“A plan by the British government to burn biomass imported from countries including North Korea and Afghanistan has been described as ‘bonkers,’ with critics saying it undermines the credibility of the UK’s climate strategy.”
theguardian.com/environment/…
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Excellent resource. Local authority advice to “talk to your neighbours” is discriminatory on the grounds of disability. It may not be possible for the most vulnerable to do this. The right to clean air in our own home should not depend on our ability to negotiate with neighbours.
There's market research for this exact problem: How to talk to people about wood burning.
xitter.cf/PatrickjaLee/status/17…
Liz Poole retweeted
@Steve_Dimo, here’s some advice I got about approaching a #woodburning neighbour:
“Whatever you do, don’t mention that you’re a doctor.
He’ll just start burning twice as much…”
That’s what we’re up against
- while @DEECA_Vic, @VicGovEPA & @tanya_plibersek sit on their hands.
Liz Poole retweeted
@tanya_plibersek, you’re totally missing in action here - the only activity we know of from your department is some rehashing of industry friendly wood heater “standards” - allowing the continued sale of hazardous woodburners.
#AirPollution #CleanAir @AustralianLabor #auspol
Liz Poole retweeted
New story on our website: “I am an elderly person who has suffered from wretched chimney smoke for over 10 years now… …It’s like living in some kind of hell…” #WoodSmokeStories #WoodSmokePollution dsawsp.org/personal-stories/…
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Let me get one thing clear, @DEECA_Vic
Why should any Victorian household have a ‘right’ to domestic #woodburning when:
- we know it’s a major health hazard?
- we have clean, safe alternatives?
#ElectrifyEverything @SandroDemaio @VicHealth @TimRRead @VicGovDH @SotirisVard
Domestic wood heaters contribute to the deaths of 100’s of Victorians every year.
After 3 years, @VicGovAu still has not responded to the findings of its own inquiry into the #health impacts of #AirPollution.
@Steve_Dimo & @JacintaAllanMP, where are you?
Liz Poole retweeted
This sight is not uncommon in Bairnsdale and in many communities.
@VicGovEPA #BurningBetter advice gives zero protection.
People can burn whatever they want, however they want.
@DEECA_Vic know it’s harmful+++, but won’t act.
#AirPollution #gippsnews #CleanAir @AsthmaAustralia
There is also a blanket of smoke over Melbourne tonight. Only 5-10% of households using wood heaters but emitting 51% of the air pollution pm2.5 - harming everyone’s health. @Steve_Dimo @JacintaAllanMP
This sight is not uncommon in Bairnsdale and in many communities.
@VicGovEPA #BurningBetter advice gives zero protection.
People can burn whatever they want, however they want.
@DEECA_Vic know it’s harmful+++, but won’t act.
#AirPollution #gippsnews #CleanAir @AsthmaAustralia
Liz Poole retweeted
When will our leaders do something about air pollution? It wrecks people’s health.
The air in Melbourne is very unhealthy when the air is still and people use their wood heaters.
@JacintaAllanMP, @Steve_Dimo, & @MaryAnneThomas #health #AirPollution
Liz Poole retweeted
The 'burn better' policy essentially allows wood burning households to burn as usual & govts to kick the can down the road re serious wood smoke pollution problem in our towns/cities. @CityofDarebin
I often have to tell my kids (who have asthma) when outside our home ‘don’t breathe in’, ‘hold your breath’ because of smoke from nearby wood heaters. The ‘burn better’ policy is allowing wood smoke to harm children’s health @Steve_Dimo @JacintaAllanMP @MaryAnneThomas
Liz Poole retweeted
A new study from @BristolUni shows that exposure to #AirPollution while in the womb is associated with the development of mental health problems in adolescence.
"Interventions to reduce exposure...could potentially improve mental health."
airqualitynews.com/health/ai…
Liz Poole retweeted
Domestic wood heaters are by far the most polluting household appliances.
These should be at the top of the @VicGovAu list for removal from rental properties - as well as yours.
@DocsEnvAus @JonathanLaNauze @dsawsp #CleanAir #AirPollution #AirQuality #ClimateAction #springst
Domestic wood heaters contribute to the deaths of 100’s of Victorians every year.
After 3 years, @VicGovAu still has not responded to the findings of its own inquiry into the #health impacts of #AirPollution.
@Steve_Dimo & @JacintaAllanMP, where are you?
Liz Poole retweeted
The air quality is bad in Melbourne tonight. I suspect the same applies to other cities across the planet. It’s time for governments to act on reducing the toxic pollution that is wood smoke.
@JacintaAllanMP, @Steve_Dimo, @MaryAnneThomas & @ManninghamCC #airpollution #health
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Wouldn’t it be great to open your window and not risk smoke entering your house from the neighbouring fireplaces.
Wood smoke contains carcinogens. dsawsp.org/health/wood-smoke….
@JacintaAllanMP, @Steve_Dimo, @MaryAnneThomas and @ManninghamCC #airpollution #health
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Please don't forget #wood.
#Woodburning is our single most significant source of PM2.5 fine particulate #AirPollution, and likewise contributes to #ClimateChange.
Liz Poole retweeted
@JonathanLaNauze & @EnviroVic,
When you next ask me for my support (again), I’ll be asking (again):
Why are you silent on #woodburning?
#forests #CleanAir #AirPollution
Domestic wood heaters contribute to the deaths of 100’s of Victorians every year.
After 3 years, @VicGovAu still has not responded to the findings of its own inquiry into the #health impacts of #AirPollution.
@Steve_Dimo & @JacintaAllanMP, where are you?